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Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle

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Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates24 July 2014 (2014-07-24)
Competitors29 from 14 nations
Winning time1:55.57 GR
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    England
bronze medal    Australia
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The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 24 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Gideon Sam, vice-president of the Commonwealth Games Federation and President of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee and the quaichs were presented by John Mason, board member of Glasgow 2014.

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

World record  Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 1:52.98 Rome, Italy 29 July 2009 [1][2]
Commonwealth record  Joanne Jackson (ENG) 1:55.54 Rome, Italy 28 July 2009
Games record  Caitlin McClatchey (SCO) 1:57.25 Melbourne, Australia 16 March 2006

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
24 July Heat Siobhan-Marie O'Connor  England 1:56.58 GR
24 July Heat Emma McKeon  Australia 1:56.57 GR
24 July Final Emma McKeon  Australia 1:55.57 GR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Emma McKeon  Australia 1:56.57 Q, GR
2 3 4 Siobhan-Marie O'Connor  England 1:56.58 Q, GR
3 3 3 Lauren Boyle  New Zealand 1:56.82 Q, NR[3]
4 4 3 Jazmin Carlin  Wales 1:57.61 Q
5 3 5 Brittany MacLean  Canada 1:57.75 Q
6 4 5 Karin Prinsloo  South Africa 1:58.38 Q
7 4 2 Samantha Cheverton  Canada 1:58.61 Q
8 2 4 Bronte Barratt  Australia 1:58.71 Q
9 2 3 Caitlin McClatchey  Scotland 1:59.04
10 2 5 Brittany Elmslie  Australia 1:59.18
11 4 6 Ellie Faulkner  England 1:59.40
12 2 6 Rebecca Turner  England 1:59.62
13 3 6 Samantha Lucie-Smith  New Zealand 1:59.63
14 3 2 Alyson Ackman  Canada 1:59.86
15 2 7 Ellena Jones  Wales 2:00.12
16 2 2 Emma Robinson  New Zealand 2:01.78
17 4 7 Rachel Williams  Wales 2:01.84
18 4 1 Lynette Lim  Singapore 2:03.91
19 3 8 Joanna Evans  Bahamas 2:04.19
20 3 7 Quah Ting Wen  Singapore 2:05.08
21 4 8 Amanda Lim  Singapore 2:06.24
22 2 1 Rachel Bethel  Northern Ireland 2:07.01
23 1 4 Lani Cabrera  Barbados 2:07.02
24 1 3 Matelita Buadromo  Fiji 2:07.77
25 1 5 Olivia Plateau de Maroussen  Mauritius 2:07.98
26 2 8 Danielle Hill  Northern Ireland 2:10.82
27 1 6 Alexis Clarke  Barbados 2:14.36
28 1 2 Aminath Shajan  Maldives 2:28.45
3 1 Sycerika McMahon  Northern Ireland DNS

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Emma McKeon  Australia 1:55.57 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Siobhan-Marie O'Connor  England 1:55.82
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 Bronte Barratt  Australia 1:56.62
4 3 Lauren Boyle  New Zealand 1:57.00
5 2 Brittany MacLean  Canada 1:57.20
6 6 Jazmin Carlin  Wales 1:57.26
7 1 Samantha Cheverton  Canada 1:57.79
8 7 Karin Prinsloo  South Africa 1:58.95

References

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  1. ^ "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Federica Pellegrini Puts on Show for Home Crowd With World Record, U.S. Goes 2–3 With American Record". Swimming World Magazine. 31 July 2012. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Phelps bounces back with 200m fly world record triumph". Sydney Morning Herald. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  3. ^ Anderson, Ian (25 July 2014). "Lauren Boyle misses the medals in 200m free". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 20 August 2014.